Dear ASHA: Here's What School SLPs Want You To Know
Results from a survey of nearly 500 school SLPs. How do you compare? Where do we go from here?
True Confessions Episode 36: We need to facilitate more and talk less.
Dr. Erik Raj is in the confessional and he is truly a walking inspirational quote! If you caught Erik's SLP Summit presentation, then you know he is not only a joy to listen to but full of innovative ideas and passionate about this field. We always say all students should have the opportunity to work with him! During our conversation, Erik answers questions about using video games in therapy as well as provides an insight that gave each of us several A-ha moments that will genuinely improve how we work with students!
True Confessions Episode 35: We should use the tools that give us the information we need.
We have Rebecca Reinking from Adventures in Speech Pathology in the confessional!!! Her course on minimal pairs at our most recent SLP Summit was wildly popular and we had an opportunity to sit down and ask her all of your burning questions! This episode is packed with specifics about using minimal pairs to treat phonological patterns as well as other tools for speech treatment toolkit!
Promoting Generalization with AAC Users
Using AAC is about so much more than just what goes on in our therapy rooms. These students are practically learning to use a whole new language. Here are some tips and tricks to promote generalization with the AAC users that you work with.
True Confessions Episode 34: Competition was a distraction and came from a place of fear.
Marisha Mets from SLP Now is in the confessional and it's about dang time! In this episode, we chat about how we met, how SLP Summit came to be, and how our collaboration hasn't always been smooth sailing! There was a point when SLP Toolkit and SLP Now became less complimentary and more competitive and we candidly discuss how we worked through it and chose collaboration over competition!
Use Your CCCs: Cultural Responsiveness, Connection, and Compassion - SLP Summit Q&A
In Jordyn Carroll's live SLP Summit course, Use Your CCCs: Cultural Responsiveness, Connection, and Compassion, she covered a ton of powerful content and received many questions! Jordyn answers some of those questions here.
True Confessions Episode 33: We Did Not Have Our Ducks in a Row
We're back! Where have we been? Well, all over the place really! Listen to our latest edition of True Confessions.
AAC and AT in the Early Childhood Classroom: Engineering the Environment for Success
Whether your therapy sessions are in person or remote right now, we invite you to take a peek into this delightful preschool classroom that surrounds students with purposeful and honored communication in all its forms. Blogger Abbie Keibler’s charming depiction of Ms. Kory’s classroom will entice you to stay for low/high tech AAC highlights and maybe even some animal crackers to go with it. Her message of inclusion, care, acceptance, and individual expression transcends the preschool setting. This piece provides best practice for a language-rich environment where every opportunity to be heard is possible.